Gorilla Biology

A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Herausgeber: Andrea B., Taylor; Taylor, Andrea B.; Goldsmith, Michele L.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Unique multidisciplinary volume offering truly comparative perspective on gorilla populations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 532
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 854g
• ISBN-13: 9780521078917
• ISBN-10: 0521078911
• Artikelnr.: 24479904

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Andrea B. Taylor and Michele L. Goldsmith; Acknowledgements; Part
I. Gorilla Taxonomy and Comparative Morphology: 1. Gorillas: how important,
how many, how long? Russell H. Tuttle; 2. A history of gorilla taxonomy
Colin P. Groves; 3. Patterns of diversity in gorilla cranial morphology
Rebecca M. Stumpf, John D. Polk, John F. Oates, William L. Jungers,
Christopher P. Heesy, Colin P. Groves and John G. Fleagle; 4. The hierarchy
of intraspecific craniometric variation in gorillas: a population-thinking
approach with implications for fossil species recognition studies Gene H.
Albrecht, Bruce R. Gelvin and Joseph M. A. Miller; 5. Morphological
differentiation of Gorilla subspecies Steven R. Leigh, John H. Relethford,
Paul B. Park and Lyle W. Konigsberg; 6. Ontogeny and function of
masticatory form in Gorilla: functional, evolutionary and taxonomic
implications Andrea B. Taylor; 7. Ontogenetic variation in Gorilla
postcranial morphology Sandra E. Inouye; Part II. Molecular Genetics: 8.
Gorilla systematics, taxonomy and conservation in the era of genomics
Oliver A. Ryder; 9. Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA estimates of divergence
between western and eastern gorillas Michael I. Jensen-Seaman, Amos S.
Dienard and Kenneth K. Kidd; 10. Genetic studies of western gorillas
Stephen L. Clifford, Katherine A. Abernethy, L. J. T. White, Caroline E. G.
Tutin, M. W. Bruford and E. Jane Wickings; Part III. Behavioral Ecology:
11. Behavioral ecology Caroline E. Tutin; 12. Gorilla social relationships:
a comparative overview David P. Watts; 13. Within-group feeding competition
and socioecological factors influencing social organisation of gorillas in
the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo Juichi
Yamagiwa, Kanyunyi Basabose, Kiswele Kaleme and Takakazu Yumoto; 14.
Comparative behavioral ecology of a lowland and highland gorilla
population: where do Bwindi gorillas fit? Michele L. Goldsmith; 15. Are
gorillas vacuum cleaners of the forest floor? The roles of body size,
habitat and food preferences on gorilla dietary flexibility and nutrition
Melissa J. Remis; Part IV. Gorilla Conservation: 16. Gorilla conservation
Alexander H. Harcourt; 17. The current status of gorillas and threats to
their existence at the beginning of a new millennium Andrew J. Plumptre,
Alastair McNeilage and Jefferson D. Hall; 18. Distribution, taxonomy,
genetics, ecology and causal links of gorilla survival: the need to develop
practical knowledge for gorilla conservation Esteban E. Sarmiento; 19. The
Cross River gorilla: the natural history and status of a neglected and
critically endangered subspecies John F. Oates, Kelly L. McFarland,
Jacqueline L. Groves, Richard A. Bergl, Joshua M. Linder and Todd R.
Disotell; Afterword Michele L. Goldsmith and Andrea B. Taylor.